Compendium of essays by Ian Hunt on projects by David Bunn, Pavel Büchler, Mel Jackson, and Pamela Gordon commissioned for libraries in Liverpool, London, and Manchester by Book Works. Includes biographies. ... [details]
"The Palaver is a pocket-sized artist''s book of images and texts by writer and film-maker Gad Hollander and artist Andrew Bick which functions as a story board for an imaginary film.
It consists of photographs that have an elusive but familiar quality, sourced in various European locations with corresponding text.
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"'Worldview' is a fascinating chronicle of the history of the world written from memory. The book begins just before the 'big bang' and ends as the twentieth century draws to a close. Written without any recourse to reference material, relying solely on Emma Kay's memory to chart history, from a variety of sources - newspapers, books, films, TV programmes, computer games, memories of school lessons, music, advertising and her own travels . ... [details]
"Rex Reason presents the Periodic Table of the Elements in book form. A colour-coding system is set up (black for solids, blue for liquids and yellow synthetics) but where we might expect to find hydrogen, helium or lithium we find Yul Brynner, William Hogarth and Maria Callas. ... [details]
Artist''s book by Cornelia Parker with photography by Edward Woodman."''Lost Volume: A Catalogue of Disasters'' continues Cornelia Parker''s preoccupation with destruction. Following on from Cold Dark Matter, where - with the help of the British Army - Parker exploded a garden shed crammed with objects, Lost Volume: A Catalogue of Disasters uses the intimate form of the book to present several flattened objects that - through the use of trompe-l''oeil - appear to have been squashed between the pages of the book. ... [details]
"I Know Where I''m Going is a collaborative book by writer Michael Bracewell and artist Linder. It functions as a gazetteer for the Heysham and Morecambe coast, once described on a Victorian postcard as ‘The Naples of the North''. ... [details]
![Cover Version [Euro Edition]](/objects/images/ACFDD8.jpg "Cover Version [Euro Edition]")
Cover Version was the Specific Object 2004 Publication of the Year.
No kidding. You ask how can a business, Specific Object, that has been in operation for only a few months have such an award? Well as an independently owned operation I guess I can do whatever I wish, and if giving out an award is something I want to do - then damm, that's just what I'm going to do! End of story.
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Small, foldout leaflet featuring the statement "À la Tour Eiffel, le 13 October 2008 à midi" (At the Eiffel Tower, October 13, 2008, noon") printed across eight 10 x 12.5 pages. Contained in an envelope. ... [details]
Book on independent artists' publication publishing edited by Maria Fusco with Ian Hunt. "A critical anthology on independent publishing presents a timely discussion about independent publishing and publishing by artists, focusing on books where the makers keep control of every aspect of production through to distribution. ... [details]
"In 2000, as part of the exhibition 'Protest and Survive', Hirschhorn built a bridge linking the Whitechapel Gallery and the Freedom Press Bookshop, which is located adjacent to the Gallery across Angel Alley in the East End of London. ... [details]
